Blast at Turkish steel plant kills 16
2026-11-10 10:51:12 [Print]
A blast at a steel and iron plant in western Turkey killed 16 people on Nov. 9, with search and rescue operations still ongoing to reach 10 people trapped under the rubble, President Tayyip Erdogan said.
The explosion occurred around noon local time at the Habas Demir Celik facility in the Alia?a district of Turkey's Izmir province, where iron and steel are processed. The plant, affiliated with the steel facility in Aliaga, Izmir, has an annual crude/liquid steel production capacity of 4.5 million tons.
The incident happened when a ceiling crane snapped and fell into an arc furnace during the molten steel casting process.
Thirteen people were injured, two of them seriously, Bloomberg reported. The victims were transported to hospitals across the region. The government said the incident is under investigation.
The explosion occurred around noon local time at the Habas Demir Celik facility in the Alia?a district of Turkey's Izmir province, where iron and steel are processed. The plant, affiliated with the steel facility in Aliaga, Izmir, has an annual crude/liquid steel production capacity of 4.5 million tons.
The incident happened when a ceiling crane snapped and fell into an arc furnace during the molten steel casting process.
Thirteen people were injured, two of them seriously, Bloomberg reported. The victims were transported to hospitals across the region. The government said the incident is under investigation.
